SELF-TITLED DEBUT EP AVAILABLE NOW ON NARNACK
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Electric Flower, the new band featuring Josh Garza
and Imaad Wasif, are confirmed to support Cold War Kids at a sold-out show at
the Troubadour in West Hollywood. The band released their self-titled debut EP
last week on Narnack Records. The EP is available digitally and as a
limited-edition red vinyl 10", foil stamped to 500 copies. In celebration
of the release, the duo made their live debut at Los Angeles' Harvard and Stone
last Thursday, 11/10. For more details on the forthcoming sold-out show, click
HERE.
"It sounded as if there was an orchestra of the damned
on stage and not just two men. That was the most marvelous thing about the
evening. Electric Flower woke the ghosts of rock's most daring days, while
never following them."
Electric Flower had a most unlikely of beginnings. The first
time they met, Josh Garza and Imaad Wasif were strangers in an elevator in
London. Garza was carrying his kick drum and Wasif had his guitar in hand. They
were at the BBC Studios to film performances on "Top of the Pops,"
Garza with his band Secret Machines and Wasif appearing as a guest musician with
Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Eyeing one another suspiciously, the two maintained a curious
silence, until the elevator came to a screeching halt, between floors. Wasif
began frantically hitting all the buttons to get the metal box moving, but the
lights just flickered and the elevator remained eerily still and suspended.
While waiting for the emergency operator to dispatch a technician, the two
eventually set about jamming, Wasif, to ease his claustrophobia and Garza,
ever-cool and stoic, to deal with the boredom, and, in his own words, to
"just get this little freak to calm down."
Another three years passed before the two men randomly
collided again, this time on a street corner in Los Angeles. After picking up
the spilled tacos and samosas, they decided to head to Wasif's rehearsal space.
In a blast of inspiration from the cosmic weirdness of it all, they wrote
"Circles," the epic track off of their debut EP. With the pounding of
blood, the rumbling of thunder, and the indelicate sensations delicately
rendered; its finesse lies in the grafting on such libidinous roots of the more
visceral stems of Electric Flower.
"Four16", the lead track off the EP, is a roaring
tower of power inspired by Kurt Cobain's iconic performance of Leadbelly song
"Where Did You Sleep Last Night" during 1993's MTV Unplugged In
New York concert. A song about reincarnation, "Four16" refers to
the minute mark (4:16) during Cobain's performance of the Leadbelly song where
you can see him become possessed in a flash and his soul leave his body.
"He was gone a long time before he was really gone," asserts
Wasif. With Nevermind's 20th anniversary approaching next week, the
sentiment behind the song resonates even more powerfully.
Imaad Wasif has released three solo albums, including 2010's
highly acclaimed The Voidist, and has established himself as one of the
L.A. underground's most electrifying guitar players. Josh Garza, a Texas native
and the drummer of Secret Machines, is widely recognized for his fearless
sound, channeling the spirit of Bonham and the space between the beats.
Together, their sound is part Motorik, part psychedelic, with strains of
post-punk, Japanese Group Sounds and East Indian drone. It's raw, yet richly
detailed and atmospheric, with booming beats and often obscure lyrical themes.
Electric Flower's live presence is already sending
shockwaves of excitement through Los Angeles and other exotic locales, gaining
a reputation for being "louder than My Bloody Valentine." Expect more
live dates to be announced shortly.
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